maijs

From Latin māius (“Maia's month”), from Maia, a Roman earth goddess, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *magya (“she who is great”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”).

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maijs m (1st declension)

1. the month of May (the fifth month of the year)

   saulains, silts maijs ― sunny, cold May

   no maija līdz jūlijam ― from May till July

   pirmais maijs ― May 1st (International Workers' Day)

   septiņpadsmitā maija rīts ― May 17th morning

   maija vakars bija svaigs un plaukstoša zaļuma piesātināts ― the May evening was fresh and filled with rich foliage

The old Latvian names for May, lapu mēnesis (“leaf month”), sējas mēnesis (“sowing month”), and ziedoņa mēnesis (“heyday, spring month”), are no longer in common use.

• lapu mēnesis
• sējas mēnesis
• ziedoņa mēnesis

• mēnesis

maijs

1. inessive singular of maij